Puzzles by theme
Ten puzzles at a time on one idea, at a level you choose. Each comes from a real game: the opponent has just moved, and you find the best reply. Your answers count towards your progress on this device.
New to chess? The examples here use it. Play your first moves (five minutes), then learn chess from the beginning, one short lesson at a time.
The themes
- Mate in one: what it is · more on Lichess
- Back-rank mate: what it is · more on Lichess
- Take the hanging piece: what it is · more on Lichess
- Fork: what it is · more on Lichess
- Pin: what it is · more on Lichess
- Skewer: what it is · more on Lichess
- Discovered attack: what it is · more on Lichess
More practice, free: every puzzle theme on Lichess, on Lichess.
Puzzles from the Lichess puzzle database (CC0), chosen for popularity and checked move by move. Chaalwise is not part of Lichess.